WATCH: Tales from tech acquisitions

John Sable, co-founder and senior vice president of booj, and Ben Rubenstein, founder and CEO of Opcity talk to moderator Wendy Forsythe about building their companies and their subsequent exits at Inman Connect Las Vegas. Continue reading

Keller Williams mega agent raises $25M for startup Homeward

Homeward founder and CEO Tim Heyl wants to ease the transaction process while keeping agents at the center of the homebuying and selling process. Continue reading

Realtor.com opening new Opcity tech hub in downtown Austin

Opcity, the real-estate lead generation platform owned by News Corp. subsidiary and Realtor.com operator Move Inc, will soon have a second office in Austin. Continue reading

The evolution of real estate leads: Fallout at realtor.com

With Move Inc.’s purchase of Austin-based lead gen company Opcity, realtor.com has made some changes. What can we learn from realtor.com’s recent strategy, and what should we prepare for later in the game? Continue reading

RE/MAX Select is walking away from realtor.com’s leads

RE/MAX Select, an East Coast real estate franchise with more than 200 agents, is severing its ties with realtor.com’s lead generation platform after 17 years over what it says has been a deterioration of that business service since realtor.com’s parent… Continue reading

Realtor.com lays off Arizona sales team, consolidates in California

The team in Scottsdale had been working on realtor.com’s lead generation and marketing products, which are geared toward real estate agents. Now, all those sales efforts at realtor.com will be consolidated into an office in Westlake Village, California… Continue reading

Realtor.com tests replacing its lead-gen with Opcity, angering brokers

Some brokers who rely on realtor.com’s lead generation service are reeling after learning from the company that the service will no longer be offered in their area but instead replaced with one from Opcity, a startup that was acquired by News Corp., th… Continue reading

Unlikely allies: Redfin and RE/MAX are teaming up

RE/MAX and Redfin announced a new partnership today that will give RE/MAX agents exclusive access to Redfin’s agent referral program – at a discounted rate – in 5,000 U.S. ZIP codes and throughout Canada. Continue reading